Monday, 4 April 2016

Dien Bien Phu at Gotcon XL

Our
very fashion-conscious Thomas showing off his new CasquetteBigeard . I don’t know if it’s the cap or the model, but…

We
(me, Koen, Thomas and Laffe) had a participation game
of Chain of Command and the as yet unpublished Indochina supplement at this
year’s Gothcon. We set everything up on Thursday night and played all through
Friday and Saturday with everyone who was interested to give it a go.

Here
you have some pics from the different games in no particular order.

Close combat is extremely costly unless the enemy is pinned and severely chocked. The poor Viet Minh are just that here.

Viet Minh reinforecements. At this stage of the battle it was just one very lonely officer who wondered where all his troops were (due to rather bad dice rolling)

All those Viet Minh look very intimidating

But so does the tank...

Notice the paras sneaking by on the flank. The victory condition was to exit a French unit off the Viet Minh side of the table and they did just that.

Another game another speed bump running for it

Undergrowth in the forest was judged to be very heavy, limiting sight to 6". Problematic when you're in close combat when you're within 4" of each other. This meant some very nasty firefights followed by close combat attacks. Incredibly bloody affairs for both sides, often totally eliminating one side while the other was severely decimated.

Another attack begins.

So you hit on a 4, 5 and 6 and roll like this... It was a hard day for Viet Minh...

You
can read more on the build-up of the project at my friends’ blogs and Thomas already have a post
on the event.

On the train-ride home we decided on the theme for next year. Think the Battle of Raate Road in 1/72 scale and you commanding a small unit of Finns in a game of epic proportions.

The best thing that can be said about that cap is that it draws attention from my face...We are featured on anoyher blog as well:http://ossstockholm.blogspot.se/2016/04/gothcon-hade-mycket-kul-att-bjuda-pa.html

My rating system

5 - A masterpiece. You have to read/see/visit.4 - Really good. Strongly recommended it if it is a subject of interest, and probably worth reading/seeing/visiting if not.3 – It’s OK. If it’s a subject you’re interested in, it’s probably worth reading/seeing/visiting. Otherwise you can probably skip it.2 - Well, not really... If it’s your subject you could possibly find something in it worth your while. Otherwise stay clear.1 - Stay clear. This is a waste of your time.